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If there’s something easier
to skip than a show’s opening song, it would be its ending song.
With cliffhangers, enthrallment, and general curiosity plaguing most audiences, who can sit through the entire ending credits before playing the next episode? It’s perhaps why
series are not often associated with their ending themes.
A common trait I see with opening themes is they often do little to set the mood and sometimes fail to portray what exactly is going to happen. Ending themes do this too, but are usually much worse. I can’t even begin to tell you how times an episode has ended on a dark, serious note, where many people have dead, the s@#$ has hit the fan, and then suddenly a light hearted, happy go lucky song that could be found in some random children’s show starts playing; like yeah, that’s not tension killing what so ever.
A common trait I see with opening themes is they often do little to set the mood and sometimes fail to portray what exactly is going to happen. Ending themes do this too, but are usually much worse. I can’t even begin to tell you how times an episode has ended on a dark, serious note, where many people have dead, the s@#$ has hit the fan, and then suddenly a light hearted, happy go lucky song that could be found in some random children’s show starts playing; like yeah, that’s not tension killing what so ever.
However, there are
occasions where one comes along that stops you dead in your tracks. Whether it’s
the tone, atmosphere, or sheer epicness, sometimes an ending song takes you
completely off guard.
An ending theme
has never swayed my opinion of a show, either positively or negatively. But when
a good one does come along, its always appreciated.
